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Mac's Preview can be used to rearange pages in a PDF document by simply drag-and-dropping the pages around in the side panel. Is there any equivalent tool for Ubuntu? I have noticed, that the Document Viewer, which comes with Ubuntu, also has this nice side panel. However, it cannot be used to manipulate a PDF document. If there is no drag-and-drop solution, what is the easiest way to rearrange pages in a PDF document?

Mainou
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You can use PDF-Shuffler.

You can install it via terminal:

sudo apt-get install pdfshuffler

As shown in the image, you only have to import the PDF file you want to manipulate and drag & drop the pages in the desired order. It also lets you to rotate the pages in orthogonal angles.

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You can save it in the same file or export it as a different PDF file.

BeastOfCaerbannog
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Ángel Araya
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You can install PDF-Shuffler using the following command:

sudo apt-get install pdfshuffler
BeastOfCaerbannog
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Fakhri Zulkifli
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The easiest way is to print the PDF to another PDF with a different page ordering. For example, if you want to reverse a 3 page PDF, you enter 3,2,1 under Pages.

Example

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Konrad Höffner
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On Ubuntu >= 19.10, there is PDF Arranger, which is able to do this. Note that it is derived from PDF Shuffler.

To install PDF Arranger using the GUI run snap-store, search for "PDF Arranger", and click Install:

Software Center screenshot of PDF Arranger

Or, if you prefer the command line, run the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install pdfarranger
BeastOfCaerbannog
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ntg
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Re-printing as PDF worked for me when I needed to insert the last page at the middle:

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